Valve



Jan. 24, 1928.

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OSCAR C. KUEHNE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

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Application filed April 29, 1825. Serial .No. 2.8 .716.

This invention relates to valves and has special reference to foot valves which are employed at the loot of a suction tube through which liquid drawn from a well or tanir by the action of a pump. The invention s to provide a novel. cons ction whereby leakage between the strainer and the valve casing}; will he eliminated and the cost or production will. be minimized while the etliciencv of the valve. will be increased. 'llie invention al s (s to iu'oi' means wh eby the assei f l (s will be eilitated- The inven i i'ated in "he accompanying draw. a and will be he .natter fully descriheeu the novel features being particularly poured out in the appended claims.

in e. drawings:

higure l is a vertical diametrical section of one ei'nhodim nt of the invention;

2 is a horizontal section on the line E2-2 0t l and 3 is a view si iilar to F 1 but showing a somewhat dinerent construction.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1. iiulicates a suction tube which is connected at its upper end with a pump and at its lower end is threaded facilitate the secreting ot a valve casing; E2 thereon. As shown in 1 and 2, the valve casing 52 is flared slightly downwardly and is provided at diametrically opposite points adjacent its upper end with internal enlargements and l: having soclrets 5 and 6 formed respectively therein. The socket 6 is somewhat larger than the socket 5, as clearly shown, and this construction facilitates the engagement of a retaining pin 7 in "the valve casing. After the valve has been placed in position, one end oi? the pin may he inserted throi'igh the open upper end oi the casing and engaged in the larger socket (3 the dimensions oil: which will permit the pin to he slid thereinto to an extentsuliicient to permit it to be swung downrdly so as to assume a horizontal position the valve casiiu; wl'iereupon it may he slid diametrically so that the opposite end at the pin will engage and rest in the socket A cotter pin 8 may then be inserted through tae pin immediately adjacent the enlargement 4; so that endwise movement the pin will then be prevented. at the lower end of the valve casing is formed an integral inwardly projecting valve seat 3 or circular term and coextensave with the nner circumference oi? the valve casing; Guide ribs 10 may be termed upon the inner circumference of the valve casing: and extend between the respect -re enlais ments or lugs 3 and 4t and the valve seat. as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The strainer 11 may be of any preferred "term and is cast integral with the valve casing so that its ester al surface is flush with and is a downward continuation of the wall 01 the valve casing, the valve seat 9 being in overhanging relation to the strainejv Formed integral witii the strainer and the valve seat on the under side of the valve seat is a spider consisting of radial arms l2 and. a central hub or collar portion 1 3 which integrally connects the inner ends oi the radial arms, the said collar or huh being alined axially with the opening through the valve seat and constituting aguide for lower portion of the valve stem l l. The

the valve, in the present embodiment of the in ventiou, consists of a lower disk 15 which is eneaged upon an upper threaded portion 16 ot the stem, an upper disk 1'? which may be likewise engaged upon the thr aded portion oi the stem and is oi greater diameter than the lower dislr whereby the upper may engage marginally with the valve seat while the lower disk may enter the central opening; defined by the valve seat, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. A packing 18 oi any suitable material. is arranged between the disks 15v and 1.? so that, when the disks are properly secured upon the valve. stem, the packing will be compressed and firmly held so that in the closed position of the valve leakage past the valve seat will be overcome. A loch nut 19 may be fitted upon the valve stem to bear upon the. upperdisl:

and thereby prevent accidental or preniature loosening of the disks with a consequent failure of the valve to operate elliciently.

in Fig. 3, I have shown a difi'ei'ent form of valve and the valve casing 20 is somewhat different in its outline but is essentially the same as the valve casing 2 previously described. This valve casing 20 is provided with the internal guide ribs'21 correspond ing to the guide ribs 10 int-he previously described form of the invention and is also provided with a socket 22 to receive one end of the retaining pin 23. Diametrically 0pposite the socket 22, however, the wall of the valve easing has an opening 24: formed therethrough, the outer end of which n'iay be closed by a screw plug 25. lVith this arraiigelnent. after the valve has been placed in position within the valve casing. the pin 2 is simply inserted endwisc through the opening Del.- so as to rest in the socket 22 and the ph 2:7 is then turned home. The valve seat 26 is formed integral with the lower end of the valve casing. as shown and an n-acticed in connection with the first described :lorm of the invention. The strainer 27 is also formed integral with the lower end of the valve casing' and forms a downward continuation of the wall of the valve casing and may be of any desired eonliguration. The bottom of the strainer 27 is shown im 'iertorate instead of having perforations, as shown in Fig. 1. while the wall of the strainer is provided with vertical slots or opcnine's to permit the liquid to llow to and into the valve casing. In the embodiment of the invention sluuvn .in Fig. '3. the guiding spider on the under side ot the valve seat is omitted and instead of the disk valve illustrated in Fig. l I employ the freely movable spool valve :28 whi-h consists of an upper head 29, a. lower head 30 and a central hub or body 31 connecting the heads. The heads 39 and 30 should be of such diameter that they will lit easily between the guide ribs 21 upon the valve *asing but will be held by the ribs against lateral movement which would take the valve out of axial alinement with the valve seat. Ribs 32 may be provided upon the central body or hub 31 of the valve and extend between the. heads thereof so as to strengthen the heads if so desired. Against the under side of the lower head 30 is placed a packing disk 33 and a. washer 3% is placed against the under side of the parking, a screw 35 being inserted through the washer and the packing into the lower end of the valve to secure the washer and the packing firmly in place.

In both illustrated forms of the invention, the. alve will seat by its own weight when the pump is not in operation. On the up or suction stroke of the pump, the valve will be raised to the extent permitted by the retaining pin 7 or 23;, as the case may be. and liquid will then flow through the strainer and the opening or port through the valve seat into the valve casing. flowing, around the valve into the suction tube. On the reverse stroke of the pump, the. valve will seat bv gravity and will. thereby retain in the suction tube the liquid which previously entered the same.

It will be readily noted that my (TOHSllUC- lion entirely eliminates all joints between the strainer and the valve casing so that there will be no leakage and there can be no rusting which tends to make the repairing of the device laborious. Furthermore, the necessity for machine work in finishing the *alve casing or the valve is practically eliminated so that the cost of nainujlacturc is minimized. The parts can be very easily assembled and a valve oil any desired size may be readly installed at a minimum cost. Inasmuch as there is no joint between the Slil'i'llllcl' and the valve caning. there is no gasket necessary and, consequently, there can he no wearing out: of a-gasltet. It will also be noted that there are no external projections on the device and it may be vonsequently safely let down into a. deep well. the diameter of which is very slightly greater than the diameter of the extreme lower and ot the strainer. While I have shown the end of the plug" projecting: slightly beyond the surface of the valve casing in Fig. 3. it will be understood that these surfaces may be llush and other changes n'iay be made in the minor details without involvii'ig any departure from the spirit or scope of the invention as the same defined in the tollowing' claims.

Having thus described the claim:

1. In a foot valve. a valve casing having an in "ardly extending valve seat formed integral with its lower end and n'ovided internally adjacent its upper end with li| 1 l-- having axially alined sockets therein. the socket in one lug being of greater diameter than the socket in the other lug. a retaining pin engaged in and held by said ('ltl l a stop nu-unbor engaged with said pin adjzu-cnl one end thereof to extend across: the moul l1 oi. the larger socket, and a freely movable valve disposed between the alvc seat and the said retaining pin.

2. A toot valve consisting of valve. casing invention. l

an integral termed at its upper end to be secured to a. pump barrel and haviun an integral tlat valve seat at its lower end. an

integral strainer including: a bottom and a side wall with its side wall integral with the. side wall and valve seat ot the casing. the 'alvc scat (H'Pl'llllllllllltj the strainer. a spider integral with the under side ol' the valve seat and with the wall ol the strainer at the junction of the valve seat. and raid wall and e. :tendin across the valve seat, a. :treelv movable disk valve within the casing normally resting" by gravity on the valve seat. and a stem depending centrally lrom the valve through the spider and lilting closely but slidably within the spider to be guided thereby.

In testimony wherool I allix my signature.

OSCAR (I. KUEHNE. like] ill) 

